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Mineral Rights in Stephens County

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County Fun Fact

Stephens County is located in south-central Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,048. The county seat of Stephens County is Duncan, OK. It was named for Texas politician John Hall Stephens.

Stephens County Clerk's Office

All Stephens County, OK land records and data are available to the general public.

How to Search Stephens County Records

It isn’t free, but with an online connection, you can access the website OKCountyRecords.com and run a limited search for Stephens County Oklahoma records, such as an oil and gas lease or deed, mining leases, mineral deeds, transfer on death deeds, look for buyers of minerals, or a specific owner who recently sold mineral rights. In searching for anything filed in the Oklahoma Stephens County Clerks office, the main limitation is that the online data is indexed only back to February 1996 and scanned images back to May 1995.

With respect to records filed prior in the county, as owners of properties, mineral rights, or other interests, and to view leases and deeds, you will need to visit the county seat, the fine city of Duncan located in the Sooner State to review the records and get any copies which your lands or estate may be subject to.

Residents may contact the Office of the Clerk for questions about:

Stephens County public records
Property records, mortgage records and title deeds
Stephens County, Oklahoma vital records, birth records, death records and certificates
Marriage and divorce records, licenses and applications
Business & professional licenses, permits, and registrations
Election records, voter registration and poll locations

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Oklahoma Stephens County Oil and Gas Information

Oil and Gas History

In the late 1910s, oil and gas drilling activity proliferated in Stephens County. Empire City quickly became an oil-boom town and had an estimated population at the time of three thousand. As drilling expanded in the eastern part of Stephens County, Loco served as a service center for the oil companies operating in the area.

In 1918 the O Nah Dy Well in Duncan was the first to produce oil of commercial value. Soon support businesses for the oil and gas industry were established. In the 1920s Erle P. Halliburton founded the Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company in Duncan. The firm continued as a major employer at the turn of the twenty-first century.

Natural Gas

Stephens County currently ranks #5 in Oklahoma for total gas production with 138,980,411 cubic feet of natural gas produced in 2021.

Petroleum

Stephens County currently ranks #6 in Oklahoma for oil production with 6.8MM BBL of oil produced in 2021.

Major Oil and Gas Fields in Stephens County, Oklahoma

In the late 1910s, oil and gas drilling activity proliferated in Stephens County. The Velma Oil Field and the Palacine Oil Field are the two most prominent fields in the county. More recently the SCOOP Play (South Central Oklahoma Oil Province) has been the most active as the unique formations that make up the SCOOP have multiple zones that allow for production from multiple layers of rock formations.

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